In my opinion‚ Austria-Hungary should be blamed the most for the outbreak of World War One due to the fact that first‚ Austria-Hungary took over Bosnia and blamed Bosnians for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Secondly‚ Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia due to their agreement with only two terms of the ultimatum. Lastly‚ Austria-Hungary decided to cooperate with Germany for war preparation‚ which ended up with the the major involvement of Germany and other European countries as
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second Balkan crisis but was denied by Austria-Hungary. Serbia was supported by Russia who however was forced to back down by Germany. Also‚ as a result of the annexing and rising political tensions between both countries‚ a Serbian nationalist‚ Gavrilo Princip assassinated the heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia‚ Duchess of Hohenberg. This shows that Nationalism was the cause as it spread through Serbia as Bosnia and Herzegovina contained around 3 million
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Two major causes of WWI were militarism and nationalism. WWI began in 1914 and lasted 4 long years. Many countries especially those with an Empire‚ enrolled in the war. It was between two alliances‚ fixed together. With militarism‚ which is the love and pride of one’s country and its military power‚ European countries started producing more powerful weapons for future conflicts. This soon enough started an arms race which was spread all throughout Europe because each country wanted surpass each other
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A Two-front war is classified as a war fought in separate locations at the same general time‚ and World War I was classified as just that. The startup of the Two-front war was instigated when Gavrilo Princip‚ a member of a terrorist group aimed at Serbian liberation called the Black Hand‚ shot and killed Austria’s Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia. The Austrian-Hungarian government did not know if the Bosnian government had been directly linked in the assassination and had used the death of Franz
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When Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip‚ it was the tipping point that led to the Great War. But‚ what cause major factors to World War I were militarism‚ alliance‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism. Some of the country’s governments were greatly influenced by military leaders. During the war‚ there was an arm race to see who could compete to build large armies and navies. Few countries were dragged into war because of alliance pact‚ even when they were not the
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❖ To what extent was naval rivalry the main cause of the first World War? One of the main causes of World War I was the Anglo-German naval race. Britain‚ as an island empire‚ always had the navy as one of her top priorities. A key event in Britain’s naval expansion was the 1889 “Naval Defense Act” that established the "two power standard": Britain considered necessary to have a navy that was not only the largest in the world‚ but also equal to or greater than the sum of the world’s second and
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Why did the United States enter World War I in 1917? On June 28th 1914‚ Franz Ferdinand‚ the Austrian archduke‚ and his wife were murdered by a Bosnian revolutionary named Gavrilo Princip. This assassination triggered declarations of war. Firstly‚ this gave Austria a reason to attack Serbia. This then led to Russia mobilizing their army in order to defend Serbia‚ which then led to Germany executing “The Plan” and attacking France through Belgium. The domino effect continued and war broke out
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What was the most important reason to the outbreak of World War 1? The Great War (now known as World War 1) took place for 4 years from the 28th July of 1914 to the 11th of November 1918. There were two sides to the war‚ The Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary) and The Allied Powers (The British Empire‚ France‚ The Russian Empire‚ Belgium‚ Italy etc.) There were about 16 million deaths and 21 million casualties. The Allies won the war and forced the end of the German Empire and the Treaty
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| | |SARAJEVO |THE HEIR TO THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE AND HIS WIFE ARE ASSASSINATED BY GAVRILO PRINCIP‚ A SERBIAN | | |NATIONALIST LIVING IN THE RECENTLY ANNEXED BOSNIAN PROVINCE OF AUSTRIA. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY BLAMES SERBIA | | |FOR THIS ATTACK AND ISSUES A SERIES OF HARSH
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"To w hat extent was Germany responsible for the First World War." There are many different factors that contributed to the outbreak of WWI. The most important of these are imperialism‚ the arms race‚ the alliance system‚ nationalism and the assassination of the Austrian Arch Duke. Although Germany has a share in the responsibility of these factors‚ she was definitely not the lone cause. Many powerful European nations played a roughly equal part in their contribution‚ which consequently started
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